I read Homer legislator Sarah Vance’s recent opinion piece on the House bill to “strengthen grand juries.” Throughout her 630-word statement, she never got to her point, always hiding the intent of the amendments to House Bill 67 in the kind of double-speak and obfuscation for which she is infamous.
Her real effort in supporting the change in how grand juries work is in the hidden meaning of a “vision of a citizendriven mechanism.” This law would allow the kind of deranged citizen-initiated grand jury that recently put retired Homer judge Margaret Murphy through the wringer — for no good reason other than a vendetta against her.
Read the ADN story from Jan. 9 about this issue and it will become clear what kind of nightmare this change to the workings of Alaska grand juries would start.to submit via any web browser. Letters under 200 words have the best chance of being published. Writers should disclose any personal or professional connections with the subjects of their letters. Letters are edited for accuracy, clarity and length.Ask Amy: We helped our daughter and her husband buy a home with a mother-in-law apartment.